Greece: Government to vote on austerity plans as riots and strikes continue

29th June 2011

The BBC News website reports that the Greek prime minister George Papandreou has said that only his 28bn-euro (£25bn) austerity plan will get Greece back on its feet.

If the package is not approved, Greece could run out of money within weeks.

Greece's austerity package and the law that allows it to be implemented must be passed in separate votes later on Wednesday and on Thursday for the next instalment of the country's 110bn-euro bail-out to be released by the EU and IMF.